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The tellnova blog

Notes from the workshop.

What we learn running background coding agents in isolated git worktrees — architecture, experiments, and the occasional beautiful diff. New posts land in the RSS feed.

No. / Title Filed under: worktrees
01

How to make money with Claude Opus 5.5 in 2026

Five concrete service businesses built on Opus 5.5, compliance deadlines, and background agents

25 Sept 20264 min read
02

MCP Maker: build a remote MCP server from your codebase

An agent skill that turns your codebase into a secure remote MCP server you can plug into Claude

20 Sept 20264 min read
03

Set up CLI-Anything with a tellnova background agent

Let a background agent install CLI-Anything and make your software agent-native

18 Sept 20264 min read
04

3D in Manufacturing: How to Build AI Workflows

Build practical AI-assisted factory layouts and CAD workflows with verified inputs, deterministic checks, and engineering review

14 Sept 202613 min read
05

How to make a portfolio website with AI and ChatGPT

From zero work to a deployed portfolio site: the full AI workflow, step by step

6 Sept 20265 min read
06

Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1 for coding agents

Anthropic's new frontier pair, broken down for people who run coding agents

3 Sept 20266 min read
07

Best AI coding agents in 2026: 6 tools compared

A practical comparison of Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Replit Agent, and tellnova by workflow rather than benchmark hype

2 Sept 20268 min read
08

100 Claude prompt commands you can add to tellnova

Turn a community list of 100 Claude prompt shortcuts into reusable tellnova commands with Pi prompt templates

1 Sept 20269 min read
09

Observability setup: alerts before outages

A practical observability stack that turns leading failure signals into alerts your team can act on

31 Aug 20266 min read
10

Agent Reach gives tellnova agents internet access

One install gives every local tellnova agent web, X, Reddit, and YouTube research skills

27 Aug 20264 min read
11

Set up OmniRoute with Codex for 1.3B+ free tokens

Connect Codex to OmniRoute, stack free provider quotas, and route coding work through one local endpoint

21 Aug 20265 min read
12

Use your ChatGPT subscription in tellnova

Seven steps from a fresh install to your first background agent running on your ChatGPT subscription models.

20 Aug 20265 min read
13

Automated SEO and GEO with background agents

Scheduled agents that audit, fix, and ship your search presence — without ever touching your working copy.

20 Aug 20265 min read

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